Mr. Speaker. it is with great solemnity that I join my distinguished colleagues in commemorating the 40th anniversary of Genocide Day. the forced deportation of hundreds of thousands of persons in the Baltic nations of Lithuania. Latvia. and Estonia which occurred on June 14. 1941. Mr. Speaker. not only were they forced into labor camps during this deportation but thousands of these innocent people were executed by the Soviets who were retreating from the invading armies of Hitlers Germany. This was indeed one of the darkest days in the history of civilized man. Seldom has the world been witness to such terrible acts of inhumanity.
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